Coil winding machine



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COIL WINDING MACHINE Filed Feb. 6, 1923 I0 Sheets-Sheet 9 L xuumm Patented Mar. 17, 1936 UNITED STATES com wnvnnvo mcnnvr Harrison 1!. Eaton, Toledo, Ohio, assignor to The i Electric Auto-Lite Company, Toledo, Ohio, a

corporation of Ohio Application February 6, 1928, Serial No. 252,345

8 Claims. (Cl. 242-) This invention relates to means for winding strand material or strips into'coils, rolls, helices or other formations produced by superposing convolutions of a winding material and introduc 5 ing sheet material between the convolutions.

An object of the invention is to provide a machine in which one or a plurality of coils may be wound simultaneously in a rapid, eflicient, accurate and economical manner; said coils having successive layers of winding material such as wire, separated by sheet material, such as insulating paper or other textile fabric, the sheet material being supplied from a common source to all of the coils or to some of them only if desired.

One object of the invention also is to provide a machine of the type specified having simplified automatically operated means for inserting a sheet of paper or material during the winding operation so as to provide insulation between the 29 layers of wire. i

.Another object of the invention is to provide improved and eflicient mechanical arrangement of parts constituting a means for supplying the paper or sheet material from a continuous strip and for severing the strip in progressively increasing lengths as the diameter of the coils increase.

Another object of the present invention is to provide improved means to insure the insertion oi the insulating material between the layers of wire of the coil at the proper time evenly and smoothly, without danger-of iolding. tearing or injuring the same and insuring its proper overlaying with respect to the layers of wire in the coil, and to obtain these results regardless of the length and .width of the insulating material thereby producing a higher grade of coils.

Other objects of theinvention are to provide a coil winding machine wherein the machine is certain desired numbers of layers have been Another object of the invention is to provide.

a coil winding machine so arranged that it providesv a variation in the spacing of turns of wire i during the coil winding operation as changing to v the invention.

automatically stopped by electrical means after ierent coils. wound to change its mode of operation or to perg TEL-VIII of Figure 2.

a close winding from a" spaced or spiral winding at the beginning after a few layers have been spirally wound and also a change near, the end of the coil to spiral winding-thereby obtaining a coil having better electrical and mechanical char- 5 acteristics than have heretofore been produced.

A further object of the present invention is to provide improved means with a machine winding a plurality of coils to facilitate the severing of the insulation between the difierent coils actul0 ated at intervals automatically or by the operator while winding the coils.

Further objects are within the scope of the invention such as relate to the arrangement of the elements of the structure to various details 1 of construction, economies 0t manufacture and numerous other features as will be apparent from a consideration of the drawings, and related description of a form of the invention which may be preferred in which: I

Figure 1 is a front elevation of embodiment of my invention. v

Figure 2 is a plan view of a portion of the coil winding machine constructed in accordance with a 20 the preferred Figure 3 is a perspective view of the coil guiding mechanism;

- Figure 3A'is a sectional view of the coil guiding mechanism.

ing mechanism taken on line IV-IV of Figure 2.

Figure 4A is a detail view of the speed changing mechanism. 1

Figure 5 is a plan view of a portion of the coil winding machine, with the. frame holding the 3 wire spools renioved.

Figure 5A is a. side view illustrating the holding mechanism for one end of the spindle.

Figure 6 is asectional view illustrating the paper severing means used to separate the dif- 40 Figure (is a. sectional view taken on the line VII-N11 of Figure 2.

- Figure IA is a sectional view of hing clutch.

Figure 8 is a sectional view taken on the over runthe line Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on the line i IX-IX' of Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a side elevation'illustrating the paper transferring mechanism.

Figure 11 is a front elevation showing the paper severing mechanism.

Figure 12 is a detail view of'the paper knife actuatin'g mechanisml v Figure 13 is a side elevation of the knife actuat-' ing mechanism showing it in connection with the manual control.

Figure 14 is a detail view of a modification of the drive control.

Figure 15 is a plan view showing the modified drive mechanism.

Figure 16 is a top plan view of a detail thereof.

Figure 16A is a. side elevation thereof.

Figure 16B is a detail view of a part of the modifled mechanism.-

Figures 17 and 17A are details of the manual connections.

Figures 18, 18A, 18B and 18C are diagrammatic and structural views of the automatic electric control.

Figures 19 and 20 are diagrammatic views of the automatic means to stop the machine when the wire breaks.

Figures 21 to 25 are elevations of the coilat different stages of completion;

Figure 26 is a-plan view of the main holding and driving spindle of the machine.

In making electrical coils it is found desirable to insulate, several layers of the wire convolutions adjacent the outer surface of said coil more heavily than the layers which intervene between the core and the surface. Such coil construction produces coils of large diameter incurring a great expense, due not only to the extra insulation but to the amount of wire used. 8

I provide a machine for making a coil in which the expense above referred to is eliminated and better electrical characteristics than the usual construction above referred to are produced by winding several layers of wire in which the turns are separated or spirally wound, said layers being located adjacent to the core and at the surface of I the coil as compared with the close wound turns time other layers of said coil.

Furthermore, by my machine I provide a struc-v ture in which one set of spools of wire may ,be drawn from in winding the coils on a spindle lo cated in the winding mechanism while another set of spools is placed in or loaded into a rack or frame 5 of the machine with the wires properly located on the inner tubes of the coils which in turn are properly positioned on a duplicate winding spindle 30', and upon completion of one set of coils, the spindle 30 is placed in winding position inthe machine. Thus, in Figure 1 is .seen the machine bed which has an upright 2 separated by ball bearings from an upper turn post 4 which carries a crosshead 3, the latter pivotally carrying the two duplicate swinging-racks 5. On each of the racks 5 are located a plurality of bobbins I, the wire from each of which passes up over a holding and automatically stopping mechanism hereinafter described and passes down to be wound on the cardboard insulating cores of the coils which are located lengthwise on the main driving spindle, the one shown at the left in Figure 1 being a duplicate of the one actually located in the driving mechanism ,of the machine and shown carried by the frame I. A foot lever 8 controls a lifting rod 9 which the operator employs in raising the frames 5 so that the same may be swung around the spindle 2 on the ball bearings referredto above.

The main winding is accomplished by rotating the winding spindle 30 to which" the cardboard insulating cores 300 are located, whereupon the wire is wound in a plurality of layers separated by insulating material supplied thereto in timed relation. Said cardboard insulating cores 300 (see Figures 21 and 22) are provided with a flexible -of a suitable source of power.

wire 3M of larger diameter than the wire from the source of supply and fixed thereto. Said wire passes through the cores as illustrated in Figure 21 and one of its ends cooperates with a groove on spindle 30 and acts as driving connection between spindle and cores drawing wire from the wire supply bobbins I.

To rotate the spindle so as to wind simultaneously a plurality of coils an axial recess is provided on the main driving shaft l5 into which one .end of the winding spindle 30 may be removably chucked in order to turn the same. In order to support the other end of the spindle I provide a small frame 32 (Figure 5) which has a bearing block and carries a short shaft terminating in a bearing pin 33 fitted to enter a recess in the end of said spindle. In order to remove the spindle after winding the coils said bearing pin is moved longitudinally by a rack 3| cooperating with a pinion 31 the latter actuated by a'lever 34. During the winding operation the bearing pin 33' is held in the desired position by the tightening action of a screw threaded member 35 acting on the main body of said bearing pin. In this frame 32 mounted on the main frame I I provide a suitable bearing 36 for one end of, the reciprocating shaft of the wire guiding mechanism.

The main driving shaft I 5 which in turn drives the spindle 30 (see Figure 4) is rotated by means To control said driving action I provide a suitable clutch (see Figure 2) which comprises a rotating clutch member loosely mounted on said shaft l5 formed with a pulley groove l3 and driven by a belt l4. Said clutch member l2 cooperates with a longitudinally slidable clutch member I 6 fixed to the main driving shaft i5. Clutch member l6 carries contact rings of leather or other suitable friction material 7 and is adapted to be driven by the rotating clutch member l2 whenever they come into contact by the movement of lever ll actuated by the operator, which in turn by pin l8 forces a forked lever l9 journalled upon a pin 20 fixed on the frame of the machine, against spring 2| to contact the only will be separated, but the slidable clutch.

member IE will be forced into contact with leather disc 21 fixed to the frame of the machine to actuate as'a brake whereby the mechanism is instantaneously stopped.

To wind the wire in layers I provide a reciprocating wire guiding traverse mechanism (shown in Figures 2 and 3) which includes a plurality of wire guiding devices 65 fixed to a reciprocating shaft 64 mounted on suitable bearings 36 and 63 and actuated by a feed nut'66 mounted on shaft fid having screw threaded surfaces 6 and 68 adapted to be engaged respectively by the shifting member 69 also mounted on said reciprocating shaft, with twofeed screw threaded shafts 51 and 60 rotating in opposite directions, thereby producing the reciprocating movement of the wire guides 65.

To shift the feed nut .66 from one screw threaded shaft into engagement with the other respective ends of each screw threaded shafts 51 and 60. Said shifting member 89 is actuated by the opposite shaft into which the feed nut is engaged. A fiat metal piece 13 is secured in the rocking member 69 and bears against plug inserted in the center of the feed nut 66 under which a spiral spring I4 is housed. 'The' cams II and H located on shafts 51 and 60 respectively are of such length and contour thatwhen the cams l0 and 10' of the rocking member come in contact the rocking member is thrown past center and by such action forces metal piece 13 to bear down on plug 11 compressing spring 14 'which throws the feed nut 66 in opposite direc- .reaction of spring 14 then completes the shifting and holds the feed nut against the respective screw shaft by the tension of spring against the rocking member which is forced in contact with the guide rods 15 and- 76 provided to limit its travel and to insure the proper actuation of the cam surfaces above referred to. Said screw threaded shafts 51 and 60 are driven from the main drive shaft by gears 59 and 58 mounted on each shaft respectively. Said gears are actuated by a gear 56 mounted on shaft 51 driven by gear 55 fixed to counter shaft 45'.

I provide means to drive the counter shaft 45 at different speeds in relation to the speed of the main driving. shaft in order to produce the close or spirally wound turns used in my coil construction, in which the great majority of said layers is of the close type. To change the speed of counter shaft 45 in relation to the main drive shaft I provide a mechanism arranged in such manner as to be controlled by the movement of a lever 4|) actuated by the operator. .Thus, as shown in Figures 2, 4 and 4A said lever 40 is pivoted at 4| and controls the engagement of sliding collar 42 fixed to shaft |5 with gear 200 or with worm 43 and simultaneously controls by same movement the engagement of either worm wheel 44 or gear 233 at the sliding collar 46 fixed to shaft 45. The actuation of said lever also controls the gearing mechanism used to drive the continuously rotating roller I I0 of the transferring means as hereinafter will fully appear.

To obtain the close winding the lever is moved to the right and by said action'the worm '43 Figure 4 is in engagement with the sliding collar 42 fixed to shaft l5. Said worm 43 meshes with worm wheel 44 which is brought into driving en-- gagement with shaft 45 by the cooperating action of a projection 47 of a forked member 48 pivoted at 49 and the cam surfaces 50 of a slidable member 5| fixed to said lever whereby a driving connection is established between the main driving shaft I5 and thecounter shaft 45 which drives the gearing mechanism for the reshaft '45 by the-engagement of its notches with the corresponding projections on sliding collar 46 fixed tosaid shaft. The collar 46 is moved into engagement by the cooperating action of' projection 41 of the forked lever 48 pivoted at 49 and the cam surfaces 50 of the slidable member 5| fixed to said lever 40 whereby different gears are used as a driving connection to the reciprocating wire guiding mechanism.

To prevent the rotation of loose worm 43. mounted on main driving shaft l5 while out of engagement with collar 42, I provide a stop member 2||I fixed to lever 40 and actuated to hold the same in place, thereby permitting the engagement with said collar and releasing the same when said engagement takes place. To insure the successful engagement of collar 42 with gear 200 I provide an arm 204 fixed on lever 40 adapted to lock in position gear 202 while said collar is out of engagement with gear 200 and to releasethe same when such' engagement takes place.

The sheet of insulating material used between adjacent layers of wire in the coil increases progressively in length as the diameter of the coil increases. To obtain this, I provide a measuring mechanism which comprises two cooperating rollers 19 and 8| which.draw the paper from the source of supply and advance the same in increasing amounts to the transferring means passing the cutting mechanism hereinafter fully described. The upper. roller 8| (see Figure 7-) is a pressure roller and'it is not positively driven. The lower roller 19 mounted on the frame of the machine on suitable bearings is periodically" actuated by the action of a segmental gear 82 which meshes with pinion 83 fixed to the outer end of a Horton clutch 84 mounted on the shaft 85 of said roller 19. v

The segmental gear is moved by a roller 86 mounted on projection ill-extending from the hub of said segmental gear and bearing against the surface of a heart shaped cam 88, fixed to shaft roller is not driven by said gear when said return movement takes place. To vary the amount of the return movement of the gear. 82 and at the same'time the point of contact'of the roller 85 with its cooperating cam 88 I provide the extension 81 with a finger "E8, the latter bearing against a cam 90 of such contour that its rotation places the roller 86in different positions out of the path of the continuously rotating heart shaped cam 88 thereby allowing the segmental gear 82 to rotate pinion 83 in progressively increasing periods whereby the roller 19 and its pressure roller 8| operates to draw paper in increasing amounts fromthe source of supply 83.

The cam 98 acting as indexing means for the measuring means and cam 9| that actuates the cutting mechanism when the last layer of wire has been wound, as will hereinafter be described are fixed to a ratchet 92'. cams 90 and 9| are loosely mounted on a sleeve 93 fixed to the frame of the machine by a screw. To drive said ratchet and the cams fixed thereto I provide pawl 94 mounted on the continuously rotating heart shaped cam 88 which rides on a casing 95 fixed to sleeve 93 by means of screws Said ratchet 92 and 7 wound, as it is undesirable to cut the last piece of 96. Said casing 95 (see Figure 9) has a recess or out portion which permits pawl 94 to engage one tooth or saidratchet advancing the same every revolution thereby driving ratchet 92 and cams and 9 I To prevent the shifting of the ratchet out of engagement with its driving pawl I provide block 98 fixed to sleeve 93 by means of screw 99 holding spring washer I00 against the loosely mounted ratchet 92 and cams 90 and 9I preventing its shifting position.

Manual means are provided for the actuation of the roller 19 to draw paper from the source of supply 80. To this end I providea hand operated wheel IOI that can be rotated by the opera tor so as to draw any desired amount of paper..

As stated, the paper when fed a certain amount by the measuring device is periodically cut off into measured lengths for insertion as the lnsulating means between adjacent layers of wire on the coil. The paper cutting mechanism includes a movable knife I02, the location of which is shown in Figure 5 and the details in Figures 11,

12 and 13, pivoted at I03 to be drawn down against the stationary cutting agent I04 by a periodically operated mechanism at the opposite side of the pivot bringing this periodically operated mechanism including a pivoted arm I05 to which'is connected a draw arm I06 in turn pivoted to a cross member I01 carrying a cam roller I 98 adapted to engage a cam I09 on a shaft 91, said shaft having been heretofore described and illustrated in Figures 7, 8, and 9 as carrying the heart shaped cam. A resilient means such as the coil spring I20 is arranged to bear against the movable cross arm I01 normally returning the movable knife blade to its upper position.

Means are provided for manually cutting the paper when desired. To this end I have provided a handle I2I pivoted underneath the sub-frame of the machine as shown in Figure 13 and carrying a rod I22 with it to the cross piece I01. It will be evident that the operator can thereb operate the knife manually.

In the cycle of operation of my machine I desire to throw the knife cutting means out of engagement when the last layer of wire has been paper.

Thus, as shown in Figures 8 and 12, associated with the paper measuring mechanism is a cam heretofore described shown in Figure 8 which carries a lug I23 shown in Figures 8 and 12. Pivoted to the supporting standard of this mechanism is a lever I24 carrying a roller I25 adapted to be actuated by said lug I23. The lever I24 is pivoted to an extension rod I26 connected by crank I21 tothe rock-shaft I28 which carries a forked lever I29 engaging a collar I3I on the shaft 91 which carries the main knife operating cam I09 heretoforedescribed. When the lug operates at the proper time this mechanism throws the cam I09 out of engagement with the roller of the knife operating lever mechanism.

My machine is 'so arranged that the minimum length of paper drawn from the source of supply by the measuring means passes under the featherweight rollers I II (see Figures 5 and 10) and itscooperating continuously rotating rollers 0 provided for the purpose of transferring the paper after the same has been cut tea-releasable stop or gate II2 shown in Figure 7.

The rollers I I0 are continuously driven by gears I46 and I41 and I48 (see Figure 5) from a shaft I 48, which shaft (see Figure 2) has a plurality of speed drive connections with the main driving shaft I5 of the machine so that the rollers I I0 will be driven at substantially the same rate even though the spindle 30 be driven at different rates.

Gear I50 is fixed to shaft I 48 and drives the same by a gear fixed to a shaft I5I driven by worm wheel I52 in which a pawl I53 is fixed, cooperating with a ratchet I59 to drive said shaft in only one direction. The worm wheel I52 meshes with worm I 54 looselymounted on shaft I 5. Said worm I54 is driven by the engagement of collar I55 slidablymounted on shaft I5. Said collar I55 is controlled by the movement of lever 40 by means of a flexible spring connection in arm I50 which actuates member I56 pivoted at I51, imparting the desired movement to collar I55 thus producing the engagement of said worm I54 with shaft I 5. The flexible spring connection in arm I58 is provided to permit a sliding action of the teeth of collar I55 and the corresponding teeth on worm I54 without breaking the same, when they are not in proper relationship for the engaging operation.

The movement of lever 40 toward the left will disengage collar I55 from worm I54 by the action of the cooperating lever I56 and the flexible spring connection I58. and will throw collar I55 into engagement with gear I60 driving the same which in turn will drive shaft I48 by its fixed gear I6I, turning the same at a different speed in relation to the main driving shaft I5. The gear ratios of the two mechanisms described as used to drive shaft I48 are of such natm'e that the driving rollers IIO are driven at a substantially constant speed during the transferring action of the insulating paper to the spindle.

The gate I I2 cooperating with the roller III] is actuated in timed relation to the slowing action of the winding spindle which takes place at the beginning and end of each layer of the coil as will bedescribed. Thus, as shown in Figure '7, the gate I I2 is pivoted at I I3 and fixed to lever H4 at end II8. Said leverII4 is pivoted at 5, and is actuated by a cam H6. To insure the cooperating action of cam H6 and the lever 4 I provide spring II! fixed to the bearing block I30 and lever II4. Said cam II 6 is provided with a recess H9 in order to move the gate out of the path of the insulating paper, permitting the continuously rotating rollers IIO cooperating with the featherweight rollers to transfer said paper to the spindle.

Cooperating with said gate and transferring means,I provide a pressure bar I having a felt pad acting over the width of the paper and controlled by arms I40 pivoted at I42 and actuated by an extension I43 cooperating with a cam I44. I provide a screw I45 to regulate the pressm'e of said bar to the paper. The cam I44 is so constructed as to permit a maximum pressure to be applied to the paper as the same is partially wound by the rotating action of the spindle, after its insertion on said spindle. Said pressure is gradually decreased as the paper is wound.

As a part of the operation of my machine I have provided electrically controlled means for stopping the mechanism at certain periods or if the wire on any bobbin accidentally becomes broken.

The electrical circuits and certain parts of the mechanism for accomplishing the automatic stopping of the machine are shown in Figures 18 to 20. Thus, the wire comes off the bobbin 1 and goes to guide 400 and then passes over a roller sion of the wire on the roller 402 swinging the 8 arm slightly on its pivot. Spring 405 is provided to control the motion of the arm 403. The arm 403 has an extension carrying one terminal of a contact switch 406, the other of which is shown at 401, carrying it by a fixed part of the machine. The contacts 401 which are referred to are in an electrical circuit throughout the lead wire 408 connected with the solenoid 24 which controls a lever 23 for operating the main clutch of the machine. When a wire breaks the tension on the roller is released and the contacts are made to energize the solenoid which actuates its plunger and moves lever 23 which relieves a keeper which holds a spring 2| from releasing the main clutch member I6 from its rotating clutch member I2 that drivesthe machine as shown in Figures 18 and 2. The plunger of the solenoid 24 operates on the lever 23, said lever having is movedby the operator in setting the mechanism and throwing in the main clutch. The mechanism I provide for this includes an arm 22 fitted in the notch 23 of the lever 23. The arm 22 is carried by the yoke I9 which yoke is pivoted at 20 and has means shown in the pin I8 for engaging the clutch collar on the main driving shaft I5 which collar operates the main clutch I6 as stated. The arm I1 with a projection I 8- engages the arm 22 when the operator moves the arm I1 thus latching arm 22 in the notch23 of the lever 23. The clutch releasing spring 2| bears on one end against the fixed portion of the frame and on the other against the yoke arm I9. The forked lever arm has a projection bearing against a spring contact adapted to be closed against the stationary contact 26 by said projection when the machine is set in operation.-

In my machine I have also provided means to stop the machine at certain periods in the cycle of its operation which is electrically operated and which is shown in Figure 18, etc. This means is provided to stop the machine after three layers of wire have been applied (in the type of coil illustrated herein), also at the third from the last layer to enable the operator to change the mechanism of the machine in order to wind the wire with these turns spaced a different amount from the adjacent turns as is shown in Figure 23 and also to stop the machine when the coils have been completed to enable the operator to remove them from the machine. Thus, in Figures 18, 18A and 18B it is seen that I provide a shaft 91 carrying spur gear "I which is the means for driving the shaft 91. The gear I1I carries an extension tongue I12 which is adapted to engage the spiral gear I13 rotating the same one tooth each revolution of the projection I12. The gear I13 is mounted on a central shaft I14 and carries a bell crank I15 adapted to be rotated-bye. pin I16 on the gear I13. The bell crank I15 is free to move ahead of the pin I16 but a spiral spring I11 is connected between the bell'crank I15 and the face of the spiral gear I13 to nor mally hold the bell crank against the pin' I16.

The 'bell crank I15 has three projections I18. I19 and I80 which are adapted to contact withthe spring arm of one of the two electrical contacts I8I, I82. The bell crank I15 has an extended projection I84 which passes by the edge on the rotation of the gear I" which occurs whenthe lip I84 is in the vertical position shown in Figure 183. It will be noted from Figure 186 that the lug I85 is diametrically opposite the lug I12 and in a position to close the contacts I8I,

I82 at a half revolution before projection I12 would rotate the gear I13 toclose the contacts so that the machine will be stopped at the end of a layer in contradistinction to the stopping of the machine automatically in the middle of a layer as is the case when said contacts are actuated by theother two projections on the bell crank I15. When the lip I84 is in the vertical position the lug I85 moves the bell crank I15 direct, a spring I11'on the face of gear I13 returning the driving pin I16 after lug I85 has passed its position in contact with the bell crank I15. From Figure 18 it' will be seen that the coni tacts I8I, I82 are in the same circuit heretofore a notch 23' into which the edge of an arm 22 described for the solenoid which actuates the re-,. lease of the main driving clutch for the entire machine.

. As shown in Figures 15 to 17 I provide in this machine means for changing the speed of the main drive to the main drive shaft from the source of power shown as a motor 250 Figure 15. The motor pulley 25I drives a belt 252 to a gear change mechanism 255 from which a belt drives the main driving pulley I3 shown in Figure 2, the specific arrangement shown in Figures 15 to 17 being modifications of the arrangements suggested in Figures 1 and 2 in which the action of cam and cooperating levers controls the motor connections to slow down the same, as for example, the shifting of a third brush or the change of a resistance in the field of said motor.

I find it very desirable for theefllcient operation of my machine to drive'thc spindle at a slower rate when the paper sheet is transferred to said spindle to be wound between the layers I other of the auxiliary drive pulleys 256 and 251 at a reduced speed. Either one or the other of these auxiliary drive pulleys is used depending upon whether the cOiI is being wound with turns close or spaced from each, other. In either event automatic means are provided to slow down the drive when the paper is inserted, an example of such means being shown in Figure 16A where .it will be seen that apositive groove cam 260 is connected to the roller 26I of the lever 262 pivoted at 263, the cam 260 being adapted to be driven in timed relation to the mechanism from a worm I34 as shown in Figure 2, the cam 250 in the illustration in Figure 2 being'a modification of that shown in Figure 16'A. On the other end of the lever 262 is a link.210 pivoted to a throwover bell crank arm 21I pivoted to 212 and carrying at its other end a belt throwing lug 213.

The belt bearing on the pulleys 256 and 251 is intendedto be shifted manually by theoperatdr through the mechanism illustrated in Figure 15.

'- Thus it will. be seen that I provide a treadle 280 pivoted at 28I having a foot extension 282,. the

other end of the lever 280 contacting with a throw-over crank arm 284 which carries the belt shii'ter 285 operating against the spring 286 as shown in Figure 14, it being necessary for the belt shifter 285 to be held against the tension of the spring 286 by a latch mechanism 290 of any desired form shown in Figures 16 and 16B which has a spring pressed hook 29! for automatically latching over the edge of the treadle 280 when the operator depresses the same, but it may be released by the operator by reason of the bell crank extension 292 on the latch as shown in Figure 16B.

When it is desired to change from'solid to spiral winding the feed to spindle 30 is made greater by the guiding mechanism by means of shifting lever 40 to the left. It is necessary that the speed of shaft 45 be reduced or the feed member 66 will travel at a speed so great as to break or not shift from one screw threaded shaft to the other properly whereby the operator actuates,

treadle 282 which controls the belt shifting mechanism to shift the belt whereby shaft i5 is rotated at slower speed than in its previous operation. To insure that the reducing of speed has taken place prior to starting the machine I provide a lock 28 acting on lever I! which controls the clutch. Said lock is controlled by the operation of lever 40 and treadle 282. Whenlever 40 is shifted to the left shaft in lever 40 turns lifting cross bar 29 which is also pinned to shaft 4|, the lock 28 which is pivoted to cross bar 29 is then in upward position over lever l1 and held there by means of spring 38 making it impossible to move starting lever i1 unless treadle 282 is employed which has a wire 39 fastened from said treadle to said look, (see Figure 17A). The spring 381 is fastened from lock 28 to cross bar 29 so as to permit the operation of treadle to unlock and permit the actuation of lever l! to start the machine.

I desire to sever the insulating paper between the adjacent ends of the coils when a plurality of insulating sheets of paper have been wound upon the spindle. The mechanism for severing the insulations consists of aplurality of blades I62, Figures 1, 5 and 6, uniformly'spaced from each other, mounted on holders I63 which are fixed to shaft l64 journalled at IE1 and P68 and adapted to be moved by handle I65 into the path of the rotating coils and thereby severing several thicknesses of paper wound upon the spindle. The blades can be independently removed from their holders when it is desired to resharpen the same. I provide an extension I 66 used as stop when the blades are not-actuated by the operator so as to have the same ready for actuation.

The method of operation of my machine is as follows: Referring to Figure-1 it will be seen that an operator inserts a plurality of bobbins I in the left hand frame 5, the wire from each being passed over the contact mechanismat the top of the frame, illustrated more in detail in Figures 19 and 20, down to the cores of the coils located on the spindle 30. Referring to Fig-. ures 21 to 26 it will be seen that the core 300 of each coil has a terminal wire 3! passing inside the tube 300 and through the wall of the core as indicated. at'302 and Figure 21 to which the wire from the bobbins l is soldered. Several cores so j connected with wires from bobbins l are slid lengthwise on the spindle 30 shown in Figure 26, the wire Sill fitting in the groove 395 so as to form the driving connection heretofore described,

Referring again to Figure 1 it will be seen that the operator swings a frame 5 around into position at the right in Figure 1 and places the spindle 4| which is pinned 30 in chucks in the machine, the details of which are shown in Figure 5A heretofore described.

In the beginning the coil is wound as shown in Figure 23, that is, spirally wound on each turn in substantially spaced relation with the adjacent turn, this arrangement being employed for the first three layers, thereafter the majority of'the layers of wire being close wound as indicated in Figure 24, there being three layers at the end of the coil which is again spirally wound making the completed coil appear as in Figure 25, it being understood that a sheet of insulating paper is inserted between each layer whether close or spirally wound,

The main drive for the spindle 30 is shown in Figure 2 where it will be seen that the pulley ll, being driven from a. motor ill (see Figure 1) drives the clutch pulley I 2 which may be connected by a hand controlled clutch I5 through the operating handle l! with the main drive shaft 15 and rotate the same. This shaft extends through to drive the spindle 30 shown in Figure 2.

While the spindle 30 is being rotated the wire guides 65, carried by the shaft 64 shown in Figures 1, 2 and 5, are made to reciprocate to apply the wire in layers, the reciprocating means being shown in Figures 2, 3 and 3A consisting essentially of the feed screws 5'! and 60 rotating in opand 56 which operate gears 58 and 59 for the screw shafts 51 and 60.

The second speed drive for the wire traversewhichoperates the feed screws 51 and winding the wire in different spacing, spiral or close as the case may be, includes as shown in Figure 4 a gear 200 mounted orf the main drive shaft l5 driven therefrom by a clutch 42 which gear 200 meshes with a gear 20f mounted on a shaft carrying a gear 202 (Figure 2) which meshes with a gear 203 arranged to drive the shaft 45 at a different speed from the speed at which the latter is driven from the worm 44. As shown in Figure 4 the operator manipulates the handle 40 to throw the clutch 42 into engagement to drive the gear 200 applying the brake 2| 0 to prevent the worm 43 from rotating or moves the same in the opposite direction to connect the clutch collar 42 with the drive for the worm 43. i

It will be understood that the feed nut 66 must be thrown at each end of the traverse from one feed screw 51 to the other feed screw 60, mechanism for accomplishing this being shown in Figures 3 and 3A, this mechanism having been heretofore described and the operation depending upon a cam contacting with projection of rocking member carried with the feed nut, the same 011- erating in a toggle manner to throw the feed nut one screw to another at the which has a worm I34 thereon meshing with the worm gear on the jack shaft I34 carrying a gear for driving the gear I'll on the controlling cam shaft 91 shown in Figures 2, 7, 8 and 9. Adjacent this cam shaft is the measuring gear segment 82 and pinion 03, the detailed operation of which has heretofore been suggested in the description, it being understood that the operation of the segment in varying amounts by the spring 89 determined by the position atwhichthe roller 86 contacts with the heart shaped cam 88 to draw varying amounts of paper from the supply roll 80 and feed the same to the transferring feed mechanism comprising the ollers H and III, the paper being cut into individual sections by the knife mechanism I02 shown in Figures 2, 5 and 11 to 13, the details of its operation being understood from the foregoing, the samebeing timed with relation to the measuring feed mechanismby the cam I09 on the shaft 91 shown in Figures 2, 12, and 13. In Figure 13 it will be seen that as the high spot of the cam contacts with the roller I08 the cutter which is connected to the draw bar I06 will be drawn down, compressing the spring I20, and that as the high spot of the cam- I09 passes by roller I08 the spring I20 returns the draw bar and blade I02 to normal raised position. It is noted. in Figure 13 is shown means for cutting the paper manually by handle I2I connected through levers I22 to the draw bar I06. The gear rotating between the cam shaft 91 which operates the cutter controlling cam I09 and the other controlling cams to the main wind-' ing drive shaft I5 provides for the measuring, feeding and cutting of the paper after a layer of wire has been placed in the coil.

Special reference is made to the feature of my invention wherein the individual paper sheets are satisfaotorilyfed, after being cut, to the coil being wound on the spindle, the structure being shown more in detail in Figures 5, '7 and 10. Thus, the paper before being severed from the supply rolls 80 extends'between rollers H0 and III, the former being continuously driven and the latter being of a certain weight relative to the paper that the friction thereon is sufficient to cause the paper to be moved forward toward the spindle and its front edge contacts with the stop gate II2, the lightness of the roller III thereafter permitting continuous rotation of the roller II without wrinkling, distorting or crumbling the paper sheet. At a proper timed relation to the sequence of operations the gate H2 is released by a cam IIG shown in Figure 7 against the spring III which normally-holds the gate H2 in stop position.

A further feature of my invention includes the 4 provision of a pressure bar I i! shown in Figures '7, 10 and 11, which bar extends clear across the machine to'apply pressure across the width of the paper, two rolls of paper being shown and 7 used in my present embodiment of my invention as shown in Figure 5. Referring to Figure 10 it will be seen that the bar MI is controlled by an arm I 00 pivoted at I42 provided with an extension I43 contacting with the controlling cam I40 driven from the main controlling cam shaft 91. At each revolution of the cam I44 it will be seen that the arm I43 raises the presser bar permitting feeding of the paper to the gate I I2. As soon as the gate is released the cam is so timed as to per mit the feeding rollers IIO to transfer the paper to the coil on the winding spindle inserting the same between the upper-surface of the last layer and underneath the first turn of the wire on the succeeding layer. After the paper. reaches the winding spindle the high speed of the same tends to quickly draw the sheet from the. rollers I I0 and III, the relative friction of whichpermits such action but the cam I44 is so constructed as to permit at this instant that the maximum pressure be applied across the entire width of the paper which pressure gradually decreases preventing thereby wrinkling, distorting or otherwise injuring of the paper and facilitating the smooth application of the same to the coil. When the paper is inserted in the coil the driving spindle 30 is reduced in speed from the main drive source of power by the action of a cam 260 shown in Figure 2, controlling through suitable levers the speed of the electric motor which drives the machine. A modification of this control is shown in Figures 14 to 1'7 which operates from the same controlled cam shown in Figure 16A to shift the belt drive of the mechanism to change thevspeed as has heretofore been described.

As heretofore indicated one of the objects of the present invention is to wind the wire in turns which will be spaced apart for some of the layers of the coil as shown in Figure 23 and close together in other layers as shown in Figure 24 and finally at the end ,to'again space the turns as shown in Figure 25. To accomplish this I reduce the drive of the spindle by changing the speed of the drive from the motor 250 shown in Figure 15, which change of" speed is controlled by the operator through the treadle 282 previously described, the operator actuating the same when the machine has been automatically stopped by the electric control thereof as will be described. After three layers of the spiral winding shown in Figure 23 the operator moves the treadle, the machine having been stopped as stated, to throw the high speed gear in which increases the speed of the drive shaft I5. This likewise increases the speed of the countershaft 45 the operator also manipulating the hand controlled lever 00 as shown in Figures 2 and 4, to which the speed of the wire traverse driving mechanism compared with the main drive-shaft I5 as has-been described supra: By this arrangement it will be seen that when the spindle is driven faster the entire paper measuring, cutting, feeding and transferring apparatus have likewise been correspondingly speeded up as they are driven from the counter shaft 05. After a large number of turns have been appliedas shown in Figure 24 the machine agm'n automatically stops and the operator shifts at treadle 282 and lever 40 back to the position to spirally wind the wire and ac- I complishes the same as shown inFigure 25.

and lever 40 as indicated, by the electric control provided for this purpose as shown in Figures 2, 18, 18B and 180, which mechanism has heretofore been described.

At the beginning of a coil, three layers of spiral winding are applied as shown in'Figure 23. At

this time lug I05 operates to move I18 to close the contacts shown in Figure 18A to energize the solenoid 24 of Figure 2 to release the clutch. The.

operator new changes the machine to close winding as stated above. Thereupon forty-one and one half layers (in the present instance) are wound until projection I00 (Figure 18A) is moved nearly 360 degrees being advanced by the .tooth I12 engaging the teeth of gear I13 as heretofore set forth, to thereby again close the. circuit to solenoid 24 and again release the main driving ,on suitable bearings (see Figure 2).

clutch. Here the operator shifts back to produce spiral winding, the machine having stopped midway of a layer as tooth I12 is 180 degrees from lug I85. The spiral winding continues for three layers ending midway as shown in Figure 25, the machine being stopped by the middle of the three lugs I79, the same being advanced three turns by the lug I12 engaging wheel I13 all as described supra.

The electric control also stops the machine automatically when a, wire breaks as heretofore indicated, since as shown in Figures 19 and 20, the tension of a wire in place separates contacts 486, All! but when a wire becomes broken, will release this tension and close these contacts energizing solenoid 24 thus stopping the machine by release of the main clutch.

Manual means are provided to operate the machine when the power fails or it is desired y the operator. For that purpose I provide a hand wheel I36 that rotates shaft I 31 which is mounted Gear I38 is fixed to said shaft and is adapted to mesh with gear I39 fixed to main shaft I5. Said gears are normally out of engagement by means of a spring on shaft I31 not shown but are adapted to be moved into engagement by the longitudinal movement of hand wheel I31 against said spring whereby the rotation of said hand wheel will operate the machine. 4

Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a machine, a wire layer winding mech-- anism; a sheet insulating material winding mechanism therefor; including a feeding mechanism for the sheet material; a gate to prevent said material from'being wound on said wire; means tointermitt'ently release said gate to permit said material to be wound; and means to apply pressure to said sheet after said gate has been released and reduce the pressure as the sheet is being wound on said wire.

2. In a machine, a wire layer winding mechfor the sheet material; a gate to prevent said ma- 7 terial from being wound on said wire; means to intermittently release said gate to permit said material to be wound; means to apply gradually decreasing pressure to said sheet after said gate has been released; and means operative to cause said sheet material to be fed and wound on said wire upon the release of said gate;

aim-insulated wire coil winding machine comoperated from said shaft for driving said wire traverse at one speed relative to said shaft; means for operating said sheet applying means terial; means to release said stop to permit feed- 10 ing of said material; and means to applygradually decreasing pressure to said material as it is being fed.

5. A material feeding mechanism comprising a releasable stop against which said material is 15 held at certain periods of operation; a plurality of rollers continuously operating; a' plurality of loosely mounted relatively lightweight rollers cooperating with said first mentioned rollers whereby said material may be fed by said rollers and 20 may operate without distorting said material when the same is held by said stop; means to release said stop; and-decreasable pressure applying means engageable with said material and having means in common with said stop releasing means 25 to operate the same.

6. In a winding machine, a coil winding driving mechanism; a plurality of frames for carrying wire in a spool to be wound into coils; means whereby one frame is located in the machine to 30 supply wire to the winding driving mechanism to be wound and the other frame is in another position for an operator to apply wire to said otherframe; and means .whereby the positions of the frames may be changed.

7. In a coil winding machine, a winding mechanism driving a removable spindle to wind coils therearound; a plurality of frames for carrying wire bobbins and a spindle holding a core for a coil; means whereby one frame is located in 40 the machine with the spindle in the winding mechanism and the other frame is in a position at the side of the machine for an operator to load wire in said frame and attach said wire to cores located on the auxiliary spindle to berotated 45 therewith when inserted into the driving mechanism; and means whereby the positions of the frames may be interchanged one with the other.

8. In a machine, a wire layer winding mech-.

anism; a sheet insulating material winding mech- D anism therefor, including a feeding roller for the sheet material; a gate to, prevent said material from being wound on said wire; means to intermittently release said gate to permit said material to be wound; and means to apply pres-- 55 'sure to said sheet after said gate has been released and the sheet is being woundon said wire including: apressure bar, a pivoted arm carrying said bar, an extension from said arm and apam periodically operated to actuate said arm.-

HARRISON H. EATON.

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